A mysterious Clare 'fan' who was spotted lobbing a bag of Cork sliotars into the stand at last weekend's Munster Senior Hurling final has been identified as Niall O'Connor - the son of Clare co-manager Gerry O'Connor.

Cork defeated Clare 1-25 to 1-20 at Semple Stadium last weekend, and while the game was quite entertaining, much of the post-match talk focused on video footage of a man throwing a bag of Cork owned sliotars into the Killinan End terrace.

The incident has since gone viral, with many suitably branding the event as 'sliotargate'.

The young man was named as Niall O'Connor by his hometown paper, The Clare Champion.

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And now, according to the Irish Mail on Sunday, O'Connor has left Ireland and is on holidays in Spain while his father and other Clare officials deal with the fallout of his antics.

According to the report, O'Connor expressed 'regret' for his actions, but had 'nothing to say'.

Clare joint managers Donal Moloney and Gerry O’Connor said previously that they are “extremely disappointed” with the incident, which they said “should never have happened”.

Moloney was in contact with Cork manager Kieran Kingston earlier this week to convey his apologies, as have county board officials from Clare to their Cork counterparts.

Cork chairman Ger Lane commented: “We accept their apologies and we move on. It was very disappointing that this incident took place.